What is the ruling regarding the parents of the Messenger, and what religion were they upon?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: What is the ruling regarding the parents of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? Are they upon one of the heavenly religions, or are they upon shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
The Shaykh:
They were upon the religion of the jahiliyyah (the pre-Islamic age of ignorance). The parents of the Messenger were upon the religion of the jahiliyyah. When a man asked him about his father, and his father was from the people of the jahiliyyah, he said: "Your father is in the Fire." When the man turned away with distress, he (peace and blessings be upon him) called him and said to him: "My father and your father are in the Fire." So they were upon the religion of the jahiliyyah. Yes. They worshipped idols. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: It is approaching.
The Shaykh:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked his Lord to seek forgiveness for his mother, but Allah prevented him from that; He prevented him from seeking forgiveness for his mother. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: What is the ruling regarding the parents of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? Are they upon one of the heavenly religions, or are they upon shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
The Shaykh:
They were upon the religion of the jahiliyyah (the pre-Islamic age of ignorance). The parents of the Messenger were upon the religion of the jahiliyyah. When a man asked him about his father, and his father was from the people of the jahiliyyah, he said: "Your father is in the Fire." When the man turned away with distress, he (peace and blessings be upon him) called him and said to him: "My father and your father are in the Fire." So they were upon the religion of the jahiliyyah. Yes. They worshipped idols. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: It is approaching.
The Shaykh:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked his Lord to seek forgiveness for his mother, but Allah prevented him from that; He prevented him from seeking forgiveness for his mother. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2290- 4717] ما الحكم في والدي الرسول، وعلى أي دين كانا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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